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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Gamble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gamble has chosen Parasitic by Psyclon Nine as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Patrick Gamble has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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250 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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192 cm
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255 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Gamble!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Eddie Farnsworth and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Gamble shoots in.
Gamble keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gamble showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
Gamble shoots in and drives through. Smith sprawls well.
Gamble tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith checks a low kick from Gamble.
Gamble connects with a right hand. Smith shakes it off.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gamble moves away.
Smith throws the left hand but Gamble avoids the punch easily.
Gamble misses with a double jab
and Gamble takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Crunch! Gamble slams his shin into Smith's torso.
Gamble bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith throws a jab when Gamble was well out of range.
Smith checks the leg kick nicely there.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Gamble avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gamble looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jack Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Gamble.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gamble lands with a slapping head kick.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gamble.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gamble with a lazy takedown attempt
and Smith counters with a takedown into side control.
Smith trying to control the action but Gamble is working from the bottom.
Gamble manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Smith regains full guard. Nicely done.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gamble accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gamble wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Gamble controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gamble looking to sit in guard and control but Smith gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Gamble is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Gamble working a defensive guard here.
Gamble throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gamble keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Gamble strikes from his own guard.
Smith looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith thows a big elbow that misses.
Smith postures up.
Gamble wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Smith postures up.
Smith throws and elbow that misses. Gamble uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Smith's guard. Nice move by Gamble!
Smith has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gamble trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith is pulling down on Gamble's head. It's preventing any offense from Gamble, at least for the moment.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Gamble from controlling successfully.
Smith on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Smith tries to get out of the position.
Gamble advances to half guard.
Smith works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Patrick Gamble will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gamble misses with a takedown attempt
and Smith counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gamble looks for a takedown but Smith sprawls well.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gamble.
A left lands for Smith.
Patrick Gamble seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Gamble saw that one coming.
Gamble moves into the clinch.
Smith tries to pull guard but Gamble holds him up against the cage and eventually Smith drops back down to his feet.
Smith drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gamble pulls his leg out and moves away.
Gamble fails with the takedown
so Smith counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jack Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Gamble.
Smith lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Smith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Smith trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Smith trying to control but Gamble is working from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gamble holds on and takes a little breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gamble manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Smith manages to get himself to full guard.
Gamble trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Gamble seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Smith not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Smith pulls Gamble in close to prevent any damage.
Gamble trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Gamble from controlling successfully.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gamble closes the distance but Smith moves to the side
and Smith makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gamble tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Gamble ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith dips to his left and cracks Gamble with an uppercut!
Gamble falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Gamble is trying to control Smith's posture but Smith avoids it.
Smith is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gamble is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Gamble can't do much from the bottom here.
Gamble is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Smith advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Smith throwing strikes here but Gamble is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gamble is working to get back to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Smith there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Smith throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gamble wants to control but Smith is having none of it.
Gamble can't escape the position.
Smith trying to control but Gamble is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Smith dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Gamble scores a takedown into full mount!
Smith tries to hold on but Gamble pushes him away.
Gamble throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Smith tries to hold on but Gamble pushes him away.
Gamble controlling from the full mount.
Smith gets back to half guard.
Jack Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gamble uses his free foot to push down on Smith's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gamble misses with a head shot.
Smith tries to reverse the position but Gamble maintains control.
Gamble controlling his opponent.
Gamble is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Smith to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Smith shrugs it off.
Smith is squirming around, avoiding Gamble's attempts to control the action.
Smith is desperately trying to improve his position but Gamble has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Smith tries to lock up and control but Gamble gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gamble trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Smith is trying to escape the mount.
Smith tries to lock up and control but Gamble gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gamble trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gamble punching from mount but Smith doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gamble fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gamble avoids the attempt from Smith to control.
Gamble throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gamble avoids the attempt from Smith to control.
Gamble tries to control but Smith wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith is working to get back to half guard.
Smith is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gamble trying to control but Smith is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Gamble comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gamble has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Patrick Gamble!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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